Dally
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 20 babies a year in the US.
Dally by the numbers
Dally was given to 20 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Dally
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dally. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Dollygift of god; a form of Dorothy144 in England and Wales (2025)
- Daleyassembly; from the surname Ó Dálaigh11 in the US (2017)
- Dillydill herb; diminutive form11 in England and Wales (2025)
- Daily14 in the US (2017)
- Dallasfrom the meadow dwelling or field place1,908 in the US (2017)
- Daisyday's eye; the daisy flower1,454 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Dally
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